Jakebe T. Drake-Lope @jakebe@awoo.space

Out of all the songs from Bo Burnham's remarkable "Inside", this is the one that hits me hardest.

"That unapparent summer air in early fall
The quiet comprehending of the ending of it all"

https://youtu.be/WPB6u1BqZqU

I feel like Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles are part of a trend we're all participating in after our pandemic year, where we measure whether the happiness we've sacrificed for something is way too much.

I for one am really happy more people are deciding to take care of themselves.

This is the 2nd time in a year I've heard about a big expose regarding Jehovah's Witnesses harboring sexual abusers.

My experience wasn't nearly as dire, but I been knew many elders care more about control than their congregation.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-jehovahs-witnesses-secret-pedophile-database

I did not expect my face to get fucking rocked off my skull by Masters of the Universe: Revelation, but here we are, faceless, because it's been rocked off

This is one of the few YT videos where it's worth reading the comments, too. So many people sharing the things they're surviving and how this song helped to get them to the other side. <3 <3 <3

Jamming to Florence + the Machine this morning. I know I've shared this a few times, but COME ON THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE BANGER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyfLBYtuU

After two consecutive 6 AM training meetings I am *dragging*. All I can think about is flopping out and sleeping on a giant snow leopard

"inflate all bigots big and round 2021 challenge"

Anyway, here's Wonderwall

...and then finding that fandom propping up artists who are just as invested in excluding you and hating you as the rest of the world.

How could you not be upset about that? How could the call for "keeping politics out of fandom" not drive you crazy?

...you have to deal with the effects of centuries of racism limiting where you can live, the quality of medical care, what kind of food is available, the wealth you can access...coming home to a fandom that prides itself on diversity and acceptance...

Imagine moving through a world where everyone looks at you like you're a menace, you work a job where you get paid less than white counterparts and have to swallow indignities large and small, you pay taxes to a government upholding your own oppression...

And people wonder why black furries are so mad and loud all the time. It's because so many big names in this fandom still have outsized support despite pointing a finger at people like me and going "You're terrible and I hate you"